A review by nonna7
A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd

5.0

When a farmer and his family are found brutally murdered by the farmer's brother, everyone in the small village of Urksdale in northern England is horrified. The only one who seems to have escaped is the older son, Josh. A brutal blizzard makes it even harder to find him, and after a while it is assumed he is dead. He was only ten, so nobody thinks he could have been the murderer, but nobody knows what to think. The local police call in Scotland Yard, and Rutledge is sent because he is in the area. This is one of the earlier ones. Like other series, I read the first, then started reading newer ones. Now I'm catching up. This one is particularly interesting. There are so many twists and turns, more motives than would be obvious and several prime suspects. This is an excellent series.